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• Back to the Track: Speed Workouts Without Spew

  The psychological progression of waking up early for hard workouts always entertains me. 5:30am Alarm: Roll over. Hit snooze. Tell myself I should send a cancellation text because doesn’t it look kind of gray and cold outside? 5:40am Snooze Alarm... Posted Aug 01 2008, 04:39 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, running, life, track

• Timothy Lake: 7400 Feet of Glory

  Mile 35: I hate Natalie Ramsland’s guts. Not because she climbs like a scared monkey, or because she’s the primary reason I am stuck on this mountain pushing gears, but because she knows what to expect next. She’s done a pre-ride. Who... Posted Jul 21 2008, 04:31 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, motivation, stories, randonneuring

• A Little Baggage Doesn’t Hurt Anyone: On Packing my Suitcase of Courage

  I’m about to bite off a little more than I can chew and, you know what?  I plan to survive. Moreover - I plan to take it by storm. Tomorrow I’ll do the biggest climbing day that I’ve attempted to date.  My "normal"... Posted Jul 18 2008, 06:31 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, motivation, adventure, randonneuring

• Climbing Out of a Slump

  "You’re in a slump. Put your kit on."  Sal is standing in the bedroom holding my bibs.  I am laying on the big king bed holding my ugly doll with a pillow over my head: "I DONT WANT TO GO!" That is only half true but I... Posted Jun 12 2008, 10:05 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, bikes, training, wellness, life

• To the Weather: I Hate You. Love Heidi.

  I have been sitting here trying to write about something - anything - besides the crappy weather.  It’s impossible.  Every start degrades quickly into some rant about Sal calling me a "hail magnet". I have decided to give in and... Posted Apr 23 2008, 07:10 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, life, dealing

• Try Not to Get Chills

  I did not TT today as planned.  I left the snow and sleet and rain to the hardmen and I followed my gut, which was following my heart, which was following my joy. I rode my new mountain bike in Forest Park with friends.  Then I went into the... Posted Apr 20 2008, 10:05 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, motivation, life, mountain-biking

• Making Up for Lost Time: The Catch Up Post

  The sun came out.  Portland stretched and yawned and shielded her eyes. The bike called, so I came. On Thursday Sal and I hit the road together for the first time in a long while.  We took an old familiar route south to Oregon City, around Lake... Posted Feb 17 2008, 09:09 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, motivation, bikes, training, life

• June 5, 1988: The Day the Strong Men Cried

  I want to tell you about how yesterday my furnace broke and the house was 49 degrees when I woke up.  I want to tell you how I had to wait all day long for the tech to show up during the window that the company gave me of "sometime today"... Posted Feb 07 2008, 09:03 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, running, life, dealing, stories

• Cyclists: You Have to Read This Blog

  Actually, I’m pretty sure that most of you already do. But, just in case you don’t, I have to take this moment to point you to it. This is one of those rare blogs that is both extremely informative and impeccably well-written.  Besides... Posted Feb 01 2008, 09:48 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, cyclocross, motivation, bikes, training

• Just Numbers.

  Sal comes home.  He has been gone ten days. Ten days. His trips do not usually keep him for that length of time. In his absence I become a strange creature.  A bachelor of sorts, hobbling together meals that would never otherwise pass for meals... Posted Jan 31 2008, 12:49 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, motivation, training, running, life, stories

• Coaches Rule: Here’s To My Very First

  We grow up and get old.  We grow up and get busy. Teams are hard to put together, hard to organize, hard to keep up with . It’s already enough of a battle to just roll out of bed and go do our morning run, our afternoon ride, our lunchtime... Posted Jan 28 2008, 09:22 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, sports, life, stories

• Looking Back

  I’ve been writing for a long time.  This blog is a baby in the grand scheme of my time spent crafting words.  I looked back today and put up some of my favorite historical vignettes…  Here are two links with excerpts from each... Posted Jan 25 2008, 12:57 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, running, life, stories

• Not That Hard Core

  This morning I woke up at 5:00am, put on my cold weather running gear, and went downstairs to enjoy a pre-run coffee. "Perfect. Everything is perfect.", I thought to myself as I sipped hot liquid Stumptown love in an oversized mug. Then I shoved... Posted Jan 22 2008, 05:30 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: motivation, training, running, stumptown

• 73 Ways to Feel Pain

  Oh, the pain.  The sweet, sweet lovin’ pain. This week I got on my bike and rode it straight into the Center of Suffering. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Feverydayathleteblog.com%2F2008%2F01%2F13%2F73-ways-to-feel-pain%2F'; addthis_title... Posted Jan 13 2008, 08:57 PM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: cycling, fitness, motivation, bikes, training

• Yoga for the Non-Yogi

  Tony Horton is many things, but a yogi he is not.  (Aside: Tony Horton is the guy behind P90X, the program I am doing right now.) As I’m watching his impressive legs move in his little tight yoga pants, I’m thinking more about the fact... Posted Jan 08 2008, 08:40 AM by The Everyday Athlete Filed under: fitness, yoga, motivation, health, wellness, life